Sharp County record., 1887-04-07
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The state legislature

In the Senate. on the 3D. bill to donate GER
tain land tso the Louisiana, Arkansas u Mis-
souri, Railroad Company was read first ana
second time and referred to the committee on
Judiciary. A number OF new bills were intro
duced In the House MessrS Stroud ana
Lybrand were added to the temperance com
| mittee The Joint resolution of the Senate and
| House to consider the proposition OF the iron
Mountain railroad to pay S2jOWO IN lieu OF all
! taxes due the State prior to 1856, recommended
| that the proposition be accepted, Ihe
| committee on railroads reported recon-
| mending that bill sol be adopted Ill
| lieu of four other bills. This bill pro
| poses to fix the passenger rate OF rall-
| roads at three cents per mile. and One-hah OF
that amount for children between i've ana ten
| wears old Children under five are to be car
| ried free. Passengers are 10 be allowed Dag
| gage not exceeding $50 pounds without extra
| charge and no addditinnal fee shall be chargeu
| for any bridge fare The bill was read sec
| ond time. and was made special order for the
| 7th inst. The House bill to introduce the study
of temperance physiology into the public
schools was called up. The entire afternoon
was spent debating this measure, and the
| House adjourned without having reached any
| conclusion.
| Senate
! time to the consideration of President Barker
| bill calling a constitutional convention. The
| bill. and a substitute presented by Senator
Thompson. were referred to a special committee
| to investigate and report. The Senate con-
| sumed the afternoon considering anu hnalIy
| passed the bill amending the law on oaDDatn-
| breaking. The law. as it stands permits any
| religious denomination to observe as SaDDath
| any day they choose. and also requlrei them 10
| keep as holy the first day Of the
week, or Sunday. The Adventsts tSeven-
| Day Baptstsl, of whom there are a
| great many in Arkansas, complained OF the
| hardships of this law, and were preparing to
emigrate. They keep Saturday as tDeir SAP
| bath. and when working on Sunday were IN
| number of instances incarcerated in the coun-
! ty iails The bill was passed by large MAORI
| ty...... In the House the day was consumed IN
| debating the bill to teach temperance physf
| ology and hygiene IN the public schools. Ihe
| bill was amended so as to permit scholars 10
take these studies or not as they prefer and
was finally passed by a large majority, only
! twenty-five votes being cast in the negative.
| In the Senate, on the 4th. the first reading OF
bills occupied large share of the SESSION, and
number were so read and referred. The bill
relating to the proposition made by 3he ST.
| Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
! Company to pay back taxes was taken Up, dis
| cussed for some time and then made the spe-
| cial order for the 7th. .,. In the House the
| Senate joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution repeahnH the
section on exemptions was ue-
feated almost unanimously. The SEN
ate bill to prevent railroads from issuing
/ free passes to members Of the Legislature and
State officials was taken up and, after some de-
bate, was made special order for the I'll" y
number of bills were then read first time ana
referred to appropriate committees. The com
mittee on counties and county lines reported
favorably on the bill to establish two Judicial
districts in Union County; that the bill to
change the county line Of Lawrence County 90
not pass that the bill to attach certain portions
of Carroll to Madison County do not pass; that
the bill to change the line between Lincoln and
Desha counties do pass.
In the Senate, on the 9TH the bill 10 chanE E
the line of holding circuit courts in Madison
Benton and the Western district OF Carroll and
Washington counties was taken up and passed
The bill permitting butchers and bakers to keep
open on Sunday was passed-20 to 9. The bill!
for the recovery of damages for personal in
iuries caused by the negligence OF railroads or
other corporations was read the third time and
failed to pass. Under suspension of the rules
a resolution was adopted to prevent cOlored peo-
pie from occupying seats in the west gallery
of the Senate ,.... In the House bill was IN
troduced to prevent the sale Of intOXicants in
the State The House bill to prohibit State
officers from travelling over railroads on free
passes or at reduced rates was taken up and
read the second time. An effort was then MADE
to tack some amendments to the bill, which
failed and finally the bill was read third
ate bill. which is almost identical, was then
passed-ayes, SO; nays 4. The Senate bill I'd
amend Section 5iH of Mansfeld's Digest was
shown to be unconstitutional in its provisions
and it was sent back to committee for revision
IN the Senate on the 1th, the pres ding OFF,
Ger announced that he had appointed Senator
SaytOn and DunaWay as a joint committee tc
take into consideration the adVsability of es
tabishing a printing office at the DcafMute In
stitute: also Of the appointment Of Senators
Hama and Copeland as a joint cOmmitte" Il
visit the seve raj educational institutions of the
State. The bill providing the manner in whi2t
territory annexed to towns and cities may O(
made part of some ward was passed; also, bll
for changing of venues in criminal cases be
fore magistrates. In the House, the Houst
bill providing for the extension OF the time fcl
collection of the taxes due for 1886 to April 1851
was pldCCu Oh us pdSSdSt' dI' dllSl an O+\uNiI''
ed discussion was passed by vote Of 50 TO Y
A debate on the Railroad Commission bill oc
cupied the remainder Of the Sc ssOn.
In the Senate on the Sth ths-lH,'.' ,5 chang
the time of holding circuit colrts in Newton
County was passed; also to Erohibit the sale
of LIQUORS within three miles Cf Poplar Grove
Institute The Senate spent Leary the entire
afternoon on the FreePass bill, and finally BY
a vote of 20 to 9, refused to cOIcur in the House
amendments The bill, as originally passed
by the Senate, prohibits the giving of passes tt
any person except emplO, es The House
amended so as to apply only t. State officers
......In the House several petitions were pre-
sented complaining of the evil effects of rail
road discrimination and asking for the
passage Of the Balch bill The commit
tee on education reported on ftouse resolution
No 10. saying the committee did not think il
advisable to adopt uniform textbooks for the
public schools The committee on temperance
reported in favor of the passage of the bill tc
prohibit the sale of intOXicants within three
miles Of the high school IN the town OF wal
dron, Scott County. The bill WAS made the
resolution was adopted that the judiciary com.
mittee look into the propriety of enacting
law prohibiting any one corporation o!
syndicate from owning more than b4u
acres of land. The bill to protect employees
and other persons against railroad corporatio ms,
giving such persons liens on railroads for la boz
performed or material furnished, was read the
first time The bill for the relief OF the poor,
that bakers and butchers shall not keep open